Paint In Provence

September 2, 2001|STAFF REPORTS

France Vacations is offering a Painting in Provence program including four days of watercolor painting classes in Provence, six-day car rental and two nights in Paris with daily breakfast, five nights at the Hostelleri Berard in Provence including five dinners and air on Air France from Miami. Cost is $1,759 (valid during October). Call 800-332-5332 or www.francevacations.net.

Wine harvest

A week of wine-tasting, sampling Tuscan food and touring Tuscany is wrapped around the Festivale Stampa di Toscana in a Country Cottages package available in October. The package provides trans-Atlantic air on British Airways, seven nights in a villa chosen by each traveler from a selection of properties, a week's car rental, three festival functions with unlimited food and wine and other features. Optional extra nights available in Rome, Venice or London. Call 800-674-8883.

Try an untour

Idyll Ltd. features "untours," programs that mix the freedom of independent travel with the security of guided tours. Untours include programs to Portugal, Germany's Rhineland, Prague and Prague/Budapest. For information or a free catalog, call 888-868-6871 or www.untours.com.

Savor Solvang

The new Self-Guided Walking Tour of Historic Solvang, Calif., takes visitors on a two-mile trek through the cobblestone streets and courtyards of this quaint town. Stops include village windmills, bakeries, historic landmarks, Danish-designed homes, the site of Atterdag College (Solvang's first folk school) and tranquil Hans Christian Andersen Park. Call the Solvang Convention & Visitors Bureau at 800-468-6765 or www.solvangusa.com.